Editing Born to Be Mild - Part II

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|image=[[File:E91 Scene 27.png|300px]]
|caption=Kirby faces off against the [[monster]] [[Wheelie]] in the DDD Speedway.
|release={{Released|Japan|July 19, 2003|NA|July 2, 2005}}
|episode=91
|4kids=91
|ability=[[Wheel]]
|monster=[[Wheelie]]
|character=[[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]], [[Gus]], [[Melman]], [[Tiff]], [[Fang]]
|previousepisode=[[Born to Be Mild - Part I]]
|nextepisode=[[Hunger Struck]]
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'''Born to Be Mild - Part II''' is the 91st episode of the ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' series, and continues the story from the previous episode: [[Born to Be Mild - Part I]]. In this episode, the race in the DDD Speedway commences between the villainous [[Fang]] and his opponents. As Fang proceeds to pick off the other racers one-by-one, [[Tiff]] and her friends manage to locate [[Gus]] who was trapped in the [[Castle Dedede]] dungeon and free him, and [[Melman]] persuades Gus to get in the race and go after Fang. He does so, but soon finds himself in trouble when Fang ties him down. At that moment, the legendary biker Steppenwolf rides in and frees Gus, then causes Fang to crash before disappearing again. Fang retaliates by transforming into the [[monster]] [[Wheelie]] and going after [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]], who gains the [[Wheel]] [[Copy Ability]] to fight back. [[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]] tries to set several traps on the racetrack to trip Kirby up, but this only ends up harming Wheelie instead, who spins out and causes the raceway to collapse while Kirby and Gus take the win. Later, it is revealed that Steppenwolf was Melman the whole time, and he urges Tiff and her friends to keep his alter ego a secret to Gus.

This episode can be considered a sequel to [[The Kirby Derby - Part I]] and [[The Kirby Derby - Part II|Part II]]. This episode marks the first time that [[Melman]] has served a leading role in a story, and marks the final appearance of the [[Wheel]] [[Copy Ability]] in the anime series.

The English name of this episode is a reference to the 1968 [[wikipedia:Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] song "[[wikipedia:Born to Be Wild|Born to Be Wild]]". The band itself is directly referenced in the name of Melman's alter ego.

==Characters==
The following characters appear in this episode:
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!colspan=3|Cast of "Born to Be Mild - Part II" &nbsp;
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!colspan=3|Primary characters
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Kirby.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]]'''}}
|''"Poyooo..."''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Gus.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Gus]]'''}}
|''"You know, Melman? Maybe you were right. I'll make it up for all the trouble I caused!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Melman.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Melman]]'''}}
|''"You caused a lot of trouble when you were younger, but this is your chance to make up for it! Take that chance while you still can!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Tiff.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Tiff]]'''}}
|''"Listen! According to this chemical analysis, the fuel in Fang's motorcycle couldn't have come from this planet!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Fang.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Fang]]'''}}
|''"You ain't got a chance on that puny little thing!"''
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!colspan=3|Secondary characters
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Biblio.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Biblio]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Blade Knight.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Blade Knight (anime character)|Blade Knight]]'''}}
|''"Roigh' strange!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Buttercup.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Buttercup]]'''}}
|''"My poor Bookie-wookie!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E90 Cappies.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Cappy (anime)|Cappy villagers]]'''}}
|''"Yeah!"'' <br>''"I hate that statue's face!"''
|This dialogue only appears in the Japanese version, so it is translated from that version.
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Waddle Doo.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Captain Waddle Doo]]'''}}
|''"Hurry up!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Chef Kawasaki.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Chef Kawasaki (anime character)|Chef Kawasaki]]'''}}
|''"I thought the only thing I'd get hit with today was food poisoning!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Chief Bookem.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Chief Bookem]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Doctor Yabui.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Doctor Yabui]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Escargoon.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Escargoon]]'''}}
|''"That grease monkey must've got out!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E90 Fololo & Falala.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Fololo & Falala]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Gengu.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Gangu]]'''}}
|''"Gus!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Hana.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Hana]]'''}}
|''"Honey! Behind you!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 King Dedede.png|100px]]<br>'''[[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]]'''}}
|''"That punk jockey ain't got a chance of beatin' Fang now!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Lady Like.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Lady Like]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Mabel.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Mabel]]'''}}
|''"Leave him alone, you bully, or I am coming out there to flatten you!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Mayor Len.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Mayor Len Blustergas]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Meta Knight.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Meta Knight (anime character)|Meta Knight]]'''}}
|''"Come! Let's search the dungeon!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Salesguy.png|100px]]<br>'''[[N.M.E. Sales Guy]]'''}}
|''"What a surprise! It looks like our bad boy biker has been de-fanged by a rough-riding old-timer with a need for speed!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Curio.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Professor Curio]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Samo.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Samo]]'''}}
|''"You don't scare me, Fang!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Sir Ebrum.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Sir Ebrum]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Sword Knight.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Sword Knight (anime character)|Sword Knight]]'''}}
|''"Meta Knight! Take a look at this!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Tuff.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Tuff]]'''}}
|''"That was a close one, Tiff!"''
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Tuggle.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Tuggle]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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|{{center|[[File:E91 Waddle Dees.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Waddle Dee (anime character)|Waddle Dees]]'''}}
|(no dialogue)
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==Locations==
*[[Dream Land (anime)|Dream Land]]
**[[Castle Dedede]]
**DDD Speedway

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==Plot synopsis==
[[File:E91 Scene 5.png|thumb|150px|Fang attacks the other drivers on the course.]]
After a brief recap of the events of [[Born to Be Mild - Part I]], the episode begins where that one left off, at the beginning of the race in the DDD Speedway. [[Fang]] begins by gaining a significant lead over the other racers, and proceeds to start ramming the others while he laps them. After giving [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] a close call, Fang moves up and pressures [[Mayor Len Blustergas|Mayor Len]] to accidentally ram into [[Chief Bookem]]'s car, forcing the chief to crash and retire from the race. As they watch, [[Tiff]] and [[Tuff]] are called to by [[Melman]], who show them [[Gus]]'s lost handkerchief. Proving their suspicions, Tiff, Tuff, and Melman leave the stadium and head toward [[Castle Dedede]] to find and rescue Gus. Along the way, [[Meta Knight (anime character)|Meta Knight]] joins them and suggests they check the castle dungeon first. Meanwhile, back at the race, Fang goes after [[Samo]] next. He uses a spiky apparatus in his front wheel to give Samo's car a flat tire, forcing it to spin uncontrollably and hit the wall, sending Samo flying into the rafters and out of the race. As this happens, Tiff, Tuff, and Meta Knight manage to find and free Gus from his cell and urge him to return to the race, but Gus seems hesitant to go up against Fang.

Back at the race, Fang uses his spikes to take out Mayor Len's car, leaving only [[Gangu]] and Kirby to oppose him. In the dungeon, Gus then relays his story about how he and Fang tried to challenge the legendary biker Steppenwolf to a race, and how Fang tried to play dirty with him and failed. When Steppenwolf told Gus off for using his bike for bad purposes, Gus swore he would never ride again. To that end he remains obstinate about riding the bike again, but Melman comes in and berates him for his cowardice, which proves effective. Despite Gus's reservation about the race having already started, he is then convinced to return to the race. Once they get back, they see how few racers there are left and begin to lose hope, when [[Sword Knight (anime character)|Sword Knight]] and [[Blade Knight (anime character)|Blade Knight]] rush in to show the group that Fang is not using native gasoline, suggesting he was sent from another world to deal with Kirby. Shortly thereafter, Fang intimidates Gangu and forces him to pull into the entryway where the others were watching. This gives Gus the opportunity to hop on his bike and enter the race. He shortly lines up with Fang and begins to spar with him, while Kirby is forced to recover from another hit and Mayor Len is finally evacuated from his car.

[[File:E91 Scene 23.png|thumb|150px|left|Steppenwolf steps in to deal with Fang.]]
As the others watch, Tiff grows concerned for Gus's safety, but Melman assures her that Gus is the better biker of the two before walking away mysteriously. Meanwhile, Fang uses an opportunity to nearly throw Gus off his bike by having him run into the wreck of Mayor Len's car, but Gus manages to stabilize himself. Fang then moves in and takes another strike at Gus, lassoing him in with his chain and forcing a close encounter. At that moment, the legendary biker Steppenwolf appears on the track and moves in. Steppenwolf breaks the hold on Gus using his wheel, then counters Fang's attempt to retaliate by grabbing his chain and throwing it at his wheel, forcing Fang to crash his bike. Steppenwolf then makes his exit by using Mayor Len's car wreck as a ramp and launching out of the stadium before Gus can get any word in. The fight is not over yet, however, as Fang steps out of his wrecked bike and transforms into the [[monster]] [[Wheelie]] to continue the race. Wheelie proceeds to head straight for Kirby, and Kirby retaliates by [[inhale|inhaling]] a nearby wheel from Samo's wreck to gain the [[Wheel]] [[Copy Ability]].

[[File:E91 Scene 32.png|thumb|150px|The DDD Speedway crumbles with Wheelie atop it.]]
As Wheel Kirby transforms and spars with Wheelie, King Dedede and Escargoon move to make things more difficult by greasing up the raceway with an oil slick. This only ends up giving Wheelie trouble, as it is thrown out of the stadium and flattens [[Chef Kawasaki (anime character)|Chef Kawasaki]] in the process. King Dedede tries another trap, this time throwing a bunch of caltrops into the raceway. Once again, Wheel Kirby skillfully avoids these, but Wheelie ends up catching several and spins out. This allows Kirby and Gus to finish the race first, and the DDD Speedway subsequently collapses due to the damage done by Wheelie during its crash. As Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby escape the stadium, they spot Steppenwolf who is emerging from his wrecked bike, which he had crashed into a tree. They then realize that Steppenwolf was Melman the entire time, and Melman tells them to keep his alter ego secret. Later on, Gus reminisces about the race with Melman and the kids. The episode ends as he comments on how Steppenwolf looked strangely familiar to him.

==Differences between versions==
*The Japanese version starts the episode at an earlier point in Part I.
*In the Japanese version, when Gus gets on his motorbike, an arrangement of "[[Cave Stage]]" plays.

===Dialogue differences===
*In the Japanese version, Mabel threatens to never tell Samo's fortune again if he loses the race.
*In the Japanese version, it is explained that Fang was using altered fuel to max out his horsepower, rather than using fuel from another world.
*In the Japanese version, Kirby shouts "WHEEL KIRBY!!" as he transforms.
*In the Japanese version, King Dedede refers to his oil slick trap as "Kirby-Killing Oil Hell".
*In the Japanese version, Kirby says "Moso!" (Melman's Japanese name) as the episode ends.

==Trivia==
*In the English version, despite the use of an external narrator in Part I, Tiff provides the episode recap in Part II.
*Kirby's vehicle is based on the [[Wheelie Scooter]].
*The bells used to signify laps during the race resemble [[Kine]].
*Gus's initial hesitance to break his vow and hop on his bike contradicts the events of the previous episode, where he had already gotten on his bike to chase after Fang and his gang. In the Japanese version, it is explained that he felt guilty about roping everyone into trouble with Fang by chasing after him.
*It is unclear how [[King Dedede]] and [[Escargoon]] knew about [[Fang]]'s monstrous form. It is heavily implied either Fang told them off-screen, or the [[N.M.E. Sales Guy]] told them in either [[Born to Be Mild - Part I|part 1]] or sometime earlier in part 2.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
E91 Scene 1.png|Fang batters Kirby around with his motorbike.
E91 Scene 2.png|Chief Bookem is forced to retire after crashing.
E91 Scene 3.png|Melman shows Tiff and Tuff Gus's handkerchief.
E91 Scene 4.png|Tiff, Tuff, and Meta Knight run into the castle to find Gus.
E91 Scene 6.png|Fang reveals the spikes built into his wheels.
E91 Scene 7.png|Samo is sent flying into the stands and crashes into Chef Kawasaki.
E91 Scene 8.png|Gus is found inside the Castle Dedede dungeon.
E91 Scene 9.png|Gus refuses to break his oath to never ride his bike again.
E91 Scene 10.png|Fang takes out Mayor Len's wheels.
E91 Scene 11.png|The ladies associated with the drivers all faint from shock.
E91 Scene 12.png|Gus pulls out his photo of him with Fang.
E91 Scene 13.png|Gus recounts how he and Fang tried to race Steppenwolf.
E91 Scene 14.png|Gus recounts how Steppenwolf berated him for using his bike to attack others.
E91 Scene 15.png|Melman and the kids convince Gus to return to the race track.
E91 Scene 16.png|Kirby pulls up to Fang and Gangu on the race track.
E91 Scene 17.png|Gangu wipes out and crashes into the entryway.
E91 Scene 18.png|Gus mounts his bike and goes after Fang.
E91 Scene 19.png|The Waddle Dees manage to pull Mayor Len out of his wrecked car.
E91 Scene 20.png|Melman makes his exit mysteriously.
E91 Scene 21.png|Fang and Gus become interlocked.
E91 Scene 22.png|Steppenwolf appears on the racetrack.
E91 Scene 24.png|Steppenwolf forces Fang to crash.
E91 Scene 25.png|Steppenwolf makes his exit by leaping out of the stadium.
E91 Scene 26.png|Fang transforms into Wheelie.
E91 Scene 28.png|Kirby inhales a spare wheel on the road.
E91 Scene 29.png|Wheelie and Wheel Kirby ride side-to-side.
E91 Scene 30.png|King Dedede greases the race track to try and slip up Kirby.
E91 Scene 31.png|Wheelie falls victim to some caltrops intended for Kirby.
E91 Scene 33.png|Tiff rescues a panicking Kirby from the collapsing stadium.
E91 Scene 34.png|Steppenwolf recovers after crashing his bike into a tree.
E91 Scene 35.png|Melman urges Tiff not to reveal his secret to anyone.
E91 Scene 36.png|Gus conflates Melman with Steppenwolf without connecting the dots.
E91 Scene 37.png|The final shot of the episode
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==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=爆走！デデデス・レース 後編
|jaR=Bakusō! Dededesu Rēsu Kōhen
|jaM=Boom! Dedede's Race - Part 2
|ptA=Nascido para ser Rápido - Segunda Parte
|ptAM=Born to be Fast - Second Part
}}

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